The relationship between different dimensions of alcohol use and the burden of disease—an update

J Rehm, GE Gmel Sr, G Gmel, OSM Hasan, S Imtiaz… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Background and aims Alcohol use is a major contributor to injuries, mortality and the burden
of disease. This review updates knowledge on risk relations between dimensions of alcohol …

Alcohol use and antiretroviral therapy non-adherence among adults living with HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

J Velloza, CG Kemp, FM Aunon, MK Ramaiya… - AIDS and Behavior, 2020 - Springer
Antiretroviral therapy (ART) is efficacious in improving clinical outcomes among people
living with HIV (PLWH) and reducing HIV transmission when taken regularly. Research …

Adherence to antiretroviral prophylaxis for HIV prevention: a substudy cohort within a clinical trial of serodiscordant couples in East Africa

JE Haberer, JM Baeten, J Campbell, J Wangisi… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background Randomized clinical trials of oral antiretroviral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)
for HIV prevention have widely divergent efficacy estimates, ranging from 0% to 75%. These …

Determinants of HIV infection among adolescent girls and young women aged 15–24 years in South Africa: a 2012 population-based national household survey

M Mabaso, Z Sokhela, N Mohlabane, B Chibi, K Zuma… - BMC public health, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Background South Africa is making tremendous progress in the fight against HIV,
however, adolescent girls and young women aged 15–24 years (AGYW) remain at higher …

Depression, suicidality, and alcohol use disorder among people living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria

CO Egbe, PS Dakum, E Ekong, BA Kohrt, JG Minto… - BMC public health, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Background People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV) face various day-to-day and long-
term personal, interpersonal, social, physical and psychological challenges as a result of …

Does alcohol use have a causal effect on HIV incidence and disease progression? A review of the literature and a modeling strategy for quantifying the effect

J Rehm, C Probst, KD Shield, PA Shuper - Population health metrics, 2017 - Springer
In the first part of this review, the nature of the associations between alcohol use and
HIV/AIDS is discussed. Alcohol use has been found to be strongly associated with incidence …

Phosphatidylethanol (PEth) as a biomarker of alcohol consumption in HIV‐positive patients in sub‐Saharan Africa

JA Hahn, LM Dobkin, B Mayanja… - Alcoholism: Clinical …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Alcohol is heavily consumed in sub‐Saharan Africa and affects HIV
transmission and treatment and is difficult to measure. Our goal was to examine the test …

Use of continuous transdermal alcohol monitoring during a contingency management procedure to reduce excessive alcohol use

DM Dougherty, N Hill-Kapturczak, Y Liang… - Drug and alcohol …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background Research on contingency management to treat excessive alcohol use is limited
due to feasibility issues with monitoring adherence. This study examined the effectiveness of …

Effects of hazardous and harmful alcohol use on HIV incidence and sexual behaviour: a cohort study of Kenyan female sex workers

MF Chersich, W Bosire, N King'ola… - Globalization and …, 2014 - Springer
Aims To investigate putative links between alcohol use, and unsafe sex and incident HIV
infection in sub-Saharan Africa. Methods A cohort of 400 HIV-negative female sex workers …

Alcohol consumption among HIV-infected persons in a large urban HIV clinic in Kampala Uganda: a constellation of harmful behaviors

B Wandera, NM Tumwesigye, JI Nankabirwa… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Alcohol use by persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) negatively impacts the
public health benefits of antiretroviral therapy (ART). Using a standardized alcohol …